8-2 And We Were Not At Our Best

<p>Making a number of changes to give some lads game time who haven&rsquo;t seen much of it recently, Heddon ended up beating Heaton Stannington Under 21's 8-2 on Sunday in the minor cup. Making 6 changes from last week obviously meant that it took some time to get our rhythm going, despite taking an early lead through another Joe Slade header with Murta making it 2-0 shortly thereafter.

<p>However, Heddon then took their collective foot off the pedal and promptly conceding one of the worst defensive goals we've conceded in a long time. Ball over the top of Joe (the lad may have been offside) who was slightly (miles) out of position and then a catalogue of errors followed to allow Heaton to get back in the game. Some harsh words were spoken (Dave may have shouted a bit) and tough 5 minutes followed before a lovely move down the wing and a cracking cross came in for Will to head it in from some 10 yards. Lovely goal and given our near dominance meant game over.

<p>2nd half came and we managed to bag another 5 goals to take our total to 8 but we did manage to concede another horror of a goal defensively.

<p>Whilst this wasnt the greatest team we'll ever face, All in all, a tidy enough performance and the lads that came in giving a cracking account of themselves moving forward into a busy period of fixtures. The game wasn&rsquo;t to our recent standards but a win is a win. We need to be better against Ryton next weekend as we move forward to a run of cup games.

<p>In the hat for the next round!

<p>Wadds: Very little to do, little chance with the goals.

<p>JOD: Out of position for first goal, but nice steady performance other than that. Looked especially good going forward

<p>Tom A: Stonehenge was very solid, making no mistakes. Tidy on the ball.

<p>Scoobs: Man of the match and captain. solid as ever

<p>Joe Slade: 2 goals and unlucky not to have had a hatrick. Solid at the back again

<p>Neil: Quality on the ball, never looked out of place

<p>Flem: Quieter on the ball than recent weeks but work rate was as top notch as it always is. Nice assist!

<p>Elliott: Two assists and unlucky not to score himself.

<p>Richie: Started off too quiet but came into the game nicely into the end of the first half. Unlucky not to have scored.

<p>Will: Quiet start in his first game in two years. Once he got into it started to show flashes of quality that he has. Great header for goal

<p>Murta: Lead the line very well playing out of position, 3 goals and 3 assists - the lad is balling at the minute. will be a big miss next week.

<p>Ross: Took benching like a man and a great team mate following last weeks 'shenanigans' :-). Solid as ever when on the pitch.

<p>Sean: Didn&rsquo;t start at his best when he came on but once in the game scored 2 and should have had more. Bang in form

<p>Woody: Energetic when came on, part of some lovely moves. missed 2 sitters as per - only scores screamers.

<p>Jlish/Ramma - could only make 3 subs today so fair play to these two for missing out. Team players - example to all.

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<p>Rich: Got the pitch looking and playing great!